Ved Pal Singh v. Arvind Kumar Singh, Managing Director U.P. Forest Corp. Lko.
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt of Courts Act 1971; civil contempt; non-compliance of High Court order dated 17.10.2025 in Writ-A No. 12447 of 2025; notice to contemnor to show cause on 11.05.2026; Ved Pal Singh v. Arvind Kumar Singh, Managing Director U.P. Forest Corp.; Contempt Application (CIVIL) No. 1394 of 2026; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Saurabh Lavania, J.; conditional exemption from personal appearance; compliance affidavit by competent authority; two-week window to cure default; Rs. 5,000 payable to applicant for harassment and forcing litigation; communication of order through Chief Judicial Magistrate.
What did the court decide?
Notice ordered to be issued to the respondent/contemnor to show cause on 11.05.2026 why he should not be charged for deliberate noncompliance of the order dated 17.10.2025 in Writ-A No. 12447 of 2025 and punished under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971; personal appearance dispensed with if a compliance affidavit is filed (where compliance already effected) or if compliance is effected within two weeks together with proof of payment of Rs. 5,000 to the applicant; order to be communicated through the Chief Judicial Magistrate concerned.